Chag HaBanot 8072 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 11832

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 11832 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 8069 1 Tevet 11829
Chag HaBanot 8070 30 Kislev 11830
Chag HaBanot 8071 30 Kislev 11831
Chag HaBanot 8072 30 Kislev 11832
Chag HaBanot 8073 1 Tevet 11833
Chag HaBanot 8074 30 Kislev 11834
Chag HaBanot 8074 30 Kislev 11835
Chag HaBanot 8076 30 Kislev 11836

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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